Gave his speech in 2004 he was running for the senate in illinois and the one. Abraham lincoln ran for the senate in illinois and the loss. Think about a family can in 1860, think about barack obama running for the presidency in 2008 if he had lost the Illinois Senate election. But there level of National Security we are talking about here. It. Now on booktv, as James Hagerty of the wall street journal talks about the 1938 creation and 70 year history of the mortgage giant fannie mae. Its about an hour and 15. Thank you all very much for being here and good afternoon. Welcome to our book forum, the fateful history of fannie mae, faithful not only for fannie mae but everybody else too and there are copies of the book on sale in the reception area, which we hope you will buy and which James Hagerty will be happy to autograph after the program. Im a resident fellow here at aei and we are very pleased to have you here to consider what this is fateful history and its role in american politi
Stretched, as she put it in her semiannual report to congress. It was probably more specific than any fed chair has ever been about targeted groups of stocks, and it certainly caught wall street and investors by surprise. Well have much more on ms. Yellen with analysis and views you will not find anywhere else, coming up here. Now, despite yellens warning, overall, the markets still on the cusp of new highs today. The dow only needs to gain 13 points to close to be a new record. Were above the 17,068 level at the moment, with a rally of about 14 points here. The dow just at about the 17,070 mark. So, we have turned things around, bill. We opened strong and sold off after that testimony and that report this morning. Now, though, it looks in the final hour here like we could yet close positive. It is certainly a possibility. And earnings season is hitting in full force. After the bell tonight, its intel, yahoo and csx all rep t reporting. In about an hour, well have the ceo of csx here e
Opportunity in education swung open so their daughters and sons could imagine a life for themselves beyond washing someone elses laundry or shining someone elses shoes. Because they marched, City Councils changed and state legislatures changed and congress changed. Eventually the white house changed. [cheers and applause] because they marched, america became more free and more fair. Not just for africanamericans, but for women and latinos. Asians and native americans. Catholics, jews, and muslims. For gays, for americans with disabilities. America changed for you and for me. The entire world drew strength from that example, whether it be young people who watched from the other side of an iron curtain and would eventually tear down that wall, or the young people inside south africa would eventually end the scourge of apartheid. [cheers and applause] those are the victories they won. With iron wills, and hope in their hearts, that is a transformation that they brought with each step of t
Welcome back everybody. Check on the day before. The Senate Armed Service committee is set to hold a we know Patriots Fans will be out in force to celebrate their big win. That will do it for wayway too early. Morning joe begins in a minute. Stick around. Good morning, news day, we have several stories developing right now. There was a fiery and deadly train crash last night just a few miles north of us in new york city. Heres the daily news. Horror fiery nightmare and that was during the commute. Also a horrifying plane crash
that was actually caught on video in taiwan. We will be getting to that too. Its just horrifying. And isis taking its brutality to a whole new level as a captive is burned alive. Mica, there is a lot of news and lets, why dont we start right here in new york . All right. Well start with the train crash. Several people are dead this morning after a commuter train passing through West Chester County, new york. Crashed into an suv as a Railroad Crossing on tuesday n
Us Vice President mike pence has announced plans to deal with a cruise ship thats moored off San Francisco with passengers infected with coronavirus. Mr pence said 21 passengers and crew have tested positive on board the grand princess and says the vessel will be brought into a non commercial port where all 3,500 people will be tested and treated if necessary. We are taking all measures necessary to see to the health of the americans and those involved on the grand princess, and just as importantly, to protect the health of the American Public and prevent the spread of the disease through communities in this country. We are instituting the strongest testing protocols to ensure that not only those on board receive the treatment that they need, but that the American People can be confident that there will be no erosion in our preventative measures and efforts to keep the coronavirus from spreading throughout our country. North america correspondent peter bowes has more on what mike pence